Force a scan & have iphoto suggest faces?

I have pictures that have been imported and OBVIOUSLY contain faces of people already identified.
A) Can I force iPhoto to rescan a given album or set of photos?
B) Can i reasonably expect iphoto to then populated a given persons Faces section with suggested photos, which I can then easily confirm or not?
It is a major pain to have to go through un-faced photos and ID each face, when they are clearly of people already in my Faces.
How often does iphoto rescan and suggest?
DE

Have you upgraded to the latest iPhoto? it does much better.
I don't think it ever re-scans on its own, but you can right(ctl) click on the photo and select the re-scan option.
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